Body image distortions in healthy adults

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 344-351

  Fuentes, Christina T ^a   Longo, Matthew R ^b   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body image; Body representation; Position sense

Indexed keywords

2220 PSYCHOMETRICS & STATISTICS & METHODOLOGY: TESTS & TESTING; 2320 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SENSORY PERCEPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY REPRESENTATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSTURAL SENSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT;

2220 PSYCHOMETRICS & STATISTICS & METHODOLOGY: TESTS & TESTING; 2320 HUMAN EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SENSORY PERCEPTION; BODY IMAGE; BODY REPRESENTATION; POSITION SENSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882745881     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2013.06.012     Document Type: Article

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